Mr. Chief Justice, may it please the court.

I'm John Carlo Conoparo.

I'm Zach Smith.

And welcome to SCOTUS 101, where we break down what's happening at the Supreme Court,

what the justices are up to, and other things related to our favorite branch of government.

Welcome back to SCOTUS 101.

Welcome back, Zach.

This was a big week in oral arguments, but orders first.

Anything to note?

Why, yes, there is.

The court granted several new cases last week in what will likely be the last cases to be heard this term.

The court agreed to hear City of Grants

Pass Oregon v. Johnson to decide whether the enforcement of generally applicable laws

regulating camping on public property constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment,

as the Ninth Circuit said it did. The court will also be deciding in the case of Williams

v. Washington Washington whether those who

seek to bring Section 1983 actions in state court must first exhaust state administrative remedies

before doing so. And the court will hear Starbucks Corr v. McKinney to decide whether court should

use a more lenient standard for a preliminary injunction when the National Labor Relations

Board, the NLRB, asked for it, are whether the normal preliminary injunction standard should apply.

Now, G.C., I heard there was something fishy going on at oral arguments this week. What's all that

about? Yes, fishy indeed. The biggest cases argued this week were relentless and loper bright.

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